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From the start, Alice is the viewer’s avatar, at once a skilled security operative and someone with no memory of their past.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

“California Republicans know what’s best for their districts,” the operative said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

Phillips ultimately lost his job with Collins too, this time after crudely mocking a rival political operative whose wife had accused former NBC journalist Matt Lauer of rape.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026

Some became incredible investments later, the operative word being “later.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

One operative he met in Canada gave Booth letters of introduction vouching for the actor’s devotion to the Confederacy and requesting aid for him.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

They asked their supervisors to approve a new investigation and contemplated using undercover operatives to gather more evidence.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

He secretly took the American's backpack, containing his MacBook, a satellite transmitter and other personal items, for regime operatives to look through, multiple sources say.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Malkovich and Sam Rockwell play veteran CIA operatives who, after helping destabilize Salvador Allende’s government in 1973 Chile, head to Easter Island on a more personal assignment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Two alleged Libyan intelligence operatives -- Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah -- were charged with the bombing and tried by a Scottish court in the Netherlands.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

The Pinkerton National Detective Agency was the more dangerous entity, but its operatives of late seemed to be spending most of their energy battling strikers at coalfields and steel mills around the country.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson